FILM DIRECTOR

Barry Sonnenfeld

1953 - Today

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Barry Sonnenfeld (born April 1, 1953) is an American filmmaker and television director. He originally worked as a cinematographer for the Coen brothers before directing films such as The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993), Get Shorty (1995), the Men in Black trilogy (1997–2012), and Wild Wild West (1999). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Sonnenfeld is the 715th most popular film director (down from 707th in 2019), the 5,248th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,444th in 2019) and the 187th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Barry Sonnenfeld ranks 715 out of 2,041. Before him are Brad Bird, Karel Lamač, Nana Jorjadze, Alberto Cavalcanti, Yoji Yamada, and Terence Fisher. After him are David O. Russell, Rajko Grlić, Ivan Pyryev, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Russell Mulcahy, and Jun'ichi Kōuchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Barry Sonnenfeld ranks 225. Before him are Melchior Ndadaye, Shavarsh Karapetyan, Johnny Clegg, Sergey Mironov, Vincent Curatola, and Anna Thomson. After him are Adel Safar, Russell Mulcahy, Georgina Rizk, Michael Curry, Dominique Perrault, and Robert Parish.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Sonnenfeld ranks 5,248 out of 20,380. Before him are Rusty Schweickart (1935), Sylvia Miles (1924), Vincent Curatola (1953), Andy Griffith (1926), Michael Brecker (1949), and Anna Thomson (1953). After him are William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Brian Austin Green (1973), David O. Russell (1958), Tom Scott (1948), Thurgood Marshall (1908), and Sienna Miller (1981).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Barry Sonnenfeld ranks 187. Before him are Bob Rafelson (1933), Rob Marshall (1960), Jack Bender (1949), George Seaton (1911), Bob Gale (1951), and Brad Bird (1957). After him are David O. Russell (1958), Alexander Payne (1961), Mike Flanagan (1978), Hal Roach (1892), W. S. Van Dyke (1889), and Bryan Singer (1965).

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